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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag strikes near Alianza Cristiana in Peru


Earthquake location -2.8661S, -76.6858WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 72 km NNW of Alianza Cristiana, Peru (45 miles) on Friday. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000c15s. Unique identifier: us6000c15s. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 116.29 km, -76.6858° West, -2.8661° South. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:19:45 / 2:19 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 25/09/20 / 2020-09-25 14:19:45 / September 25, 2020 @ 2:19 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 116.29 km (72 miles).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 72 km NNW of Alianza Cristiana, Peru.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -76.6858° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -2.8661° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 116.29 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 72 km NNW of Alianza Cristiana, Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-09-25 14:19:45 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-10-03 05:38:09 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 312 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.789 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.29 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 118 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000c15s Id of event.
Event Code 6000c15s An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000c15s, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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